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December 20, 2012
3 special elections slated
3 special elections slated The new year will see three special state legislative elections to fill two vacancies caused by deaths of lawmakers and one by resignation, close on the heels of two in November in the first year of the legislative term. Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday set a special election for Feb. 5…
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December 20, 2012
Mississippi Economic Policy Center backs Obamacare
MEPC back Obamacare In the last decade, about 178,000 fewer Mississippians have employer-sponsored health insurance based upon U.S. Census figures, according to the head of the Mississippi Economic Policy Center. Mississippi ranks fifth in the nation in the percentage of citizens without health insurance, says Ed Sivak, executive director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that…
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December 20, 2012
Clarion Ledger – Attitudes in South still firm on guns
Attitudes in South still firm on guns New national polls suggest that public support for stricter gun laws is on the rise, but the topic remains a nonstarter in Mississippi and much of the South. A new CBS poll released this week shows support for gun control at its highest level in a decade, while…
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December 20, 2012
Gov. Phil Bryant weighs in on tort cap case in federal court
Gov. Phil Bryant weighs in on tort cap case in federal court Gov. Phil Bryant says scrapping Mississippi’s tort reform laws would hinder economic development and cost the state the jobs that it brings. He makes the argument in new court papers that ask a federal court to uphold the constitutionality of a $1 million…
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December 20, 2012
Plan B Creates Rift Among Conservative Groups
Plan B Creates Rift Among Conservative Groups House Speaker John Boehner’s acquiescence on tax rates appears to have caused a rift in the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Hours after anti-tax activist Grover Norquist released a statement that his group, Americans for Tax Reform approved of Boehner’s “Plan B” to let tax rates expire…
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December 19, 2012
Port commissioner Turnage resigns
Port commissioner Turnage resigns State port commissioner Frances Turnage has resigned from the five-member board, commission president Jim Simpson confirmed Tuesday. Simpson said that Turnage emailed late Friday about her resignation. She has retired from Mississippi Power and intends to relocate to be nearer her grandchildren, he said. She will no longer be living in…
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December 19, 2012
‘A lot of accusations’ yield no action on DMR
‘A lot of accusations’ yield no action on DMR The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources met for nearly two-and-a-half hours behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss issues raised in federal and state probes of the Department of Marine Resources, but ultimately took no action. The commissioners, who oversee DMR, said they have been in the…
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December 19, 2012
DJ – Broader reforms making their way to Legislature
Broader reforms making their way to Legislature Mississippi’s Department of Education remains on track to achieve implementation of the more rigorous Common Core curriculum in the 2014-2015 school year, a stiff nationwide challenge that our state must master for a secure future. Interim Superintendent Lynn House, in a Monday morning interview with the Daily Journal,…
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December 19, 2012
HARRISON: Party -switchers look more opportunistic than principled
HARRISON: Party -switchers look more opportunistic than principled Rep. Jason White said last week during a news conference he was switching to the Republican Party because he did not feel comfortable as a member of the Democratic Party. White, a West attorney, said he could no longer represent his constituents in rural District 48 as…
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December 19, 2012
Mississippi lawmakers get wish list from DeSoto officials
Mississippi lawmakers get wish list from DeSoto officials DeSoto’s state legislative delegation has homework ahead of the Jan. 8 opening of the spring session in Jackson, absorbing local priorities for 2013 ranging from tough sells like sheriff’s radar and “true valuation” of affordable rental property to slam dunks such as a scenic byway plan. Larry…
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December 19, 2012
Lott, Daschle – Debt deal will set tone for Obama’s 2nd term
Lott, Daschle – Debt deal will set tone for Obama’s 2nd term Secret conversations on the balcony. A special phone line for instant and direct communication. These are some of the tools former Democratic leader Tom Daschle and former Republican leader Trent Lott used to forge bipartisan consensus and compromise when they ran the Senate…
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December 19, 2012
Sen. Thad Cochran pays tribute to the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye
TRIBUTE TO U.S. SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE “Senator Inouye was friendly and kind to all, but he was also a man of resolute courage and strength.” TRIBUTE TO U.S. SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE FLOOR STATEMENT U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) The United States Senate and our nation have lost one of our finest leaders, Daniel…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Susan Marquez
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June 8, 2025
Langdon and Maude Schuyler Clay capture the culture of Mississippi through the lens of a camera
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Matt Friedeman
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June 8, 2025
The party called Pentecost
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 8, 2025
Elizabeth Spencer: A Grande Dame of Southern literature
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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